Improvement in lined fur robes



G. H. D1MoND.& s. D. CASTLE. Lined Fur Robes.

No.A 20.9,31- V`Pa'fefn'fed :Diet: 29,1878.

N-PETIS. PHOTO-UTMOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. li

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE GEORGE H. DIMOND ANDA SAMUEL D. CASTLE, OFBRIDGEPORT, CONN.

IMPROVEMENT IN LINED FU@ ROBES.

a. Specification forming pa'rt of Letters Patent No. 209,333, datedOctober 29, 1878; application iiled July 30, 1877.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. DIMOND and SAMUEL D. CASTLE, both ofBridgeport, county of Fairlield, State of Connecticut, have invented anew and usef'ul Improvement in Lined Fur Robes, which is fully set forthin the following specification andaccompanyin g drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in lined fur robes 5 and consistschieiiy in a skin having a lining the free edge of which is eX- tendedbeyond the edge of the skin, and be yond the stitches uniting it withthe skin, said skin and lining constituting a robe, and being animproved article of manufacture.

In the manufacture of lined fur robes as heretofore commonly practicedthe edges of the lining have been turned or folded inward toward thewron g side of the skin, and the said skin and the turned edge of thelining have been united by a thread carried by a handoperated needle,the thread passing throughthree thicknesses of material, and the stitchbeing that commonly known as the running stitch.77 A robe formed in thisway presents a coarse-appearing thick edge, which is frequently made yetthicker by the introduction of a binding between the lining and the skinto give an appearance of finish,

In this our invention the free edge of the lining, made larger than theskin, is permitted to project or extend sufciently outside of and beyondthe edge of the skin and the stitches uniting the lining and skin toenable the said free edge to be treated as a border, and be ornamentedor otherwise finished.

Figure l represents the hair face of a skin, having a lining projectedbeyond the skin, and ornamentally cut to form a border. Fig. 2represents a portion of a robe having a bordering-strip introducedbetween the lining and skin. Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, sectionsof the edges of the robes shown in Figs. land 2; and Figs.'5 and 6 aresections of common robes with and Without borders, the linings beingturned in in the usual Way.

Referring to the old forni of robe shown in Figs. and 6, it will benoticed that the lining a., at its edge, is turned backward upon itself,

and is united to the skin b by a series of handstitches. In this oldform of robe care must be taken to prepare a lining larger than theskin, and then to turn the edge of the lining back upon itself until itis of the same size or smaller than the skin, which operation requiresvery considerable time and care; but, owing'to the adjacentirregular-curved and straight edges, the difficulty of folding thelining` evenly and Without puckers or plaits at the places whereopposite curves occur is greatly enhanced, and the turned edge of thelining following the irregular edge of the skin is thereby necessarilymade very bungling.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, illustrating our improved robe, the liningd, made larger than the skin, has the skin e laid iiat upon it, so thatthe free edge of the lining extends beyond the edge of the skin, as at2, entirely about the said skin. After which, by means of asewing-machine, the edges of the skin and the lining are united by aseries of machine-made stitches, m, which are made to pass through andthrough the skin and lining, fastening the same together very closely.After stitching the skin and lining together the projecting free edge ofthe lining is pinked or otherwise cut, so as to project uniformly, andfor the desired distance for the formation of a border, 2.

This our plan, besides saving much time in properly placing the liningand skin together to be sewed, also enables us to produce a robe havinga more beautiful edge, and by the employment of sewing-machine stitchesthe cost of sewing is greatly reduced and the quality of the workimproved.

If desired, au independent bordering-strip, f, may be introduced (as atFigs. 2 and 4) between the lining and skin, thereby making a doubleborder of the same or different colors, according to the material usedfor the lining and border. In Fig. 5, the border is represented at g. v

1. As an article of manufacture, a lined fur y robe composed of a skinand a lining having the skin, the skin and lining being united by edgesof the lining, the skin, the lining, and

a series of stitches extended through both the the bordering-strip beingunited by a. line of skin and lining. stitching, substantially asdescribed.

2. As nn improved zntiele of manufacture, GEORGE H. DIMOND. :i robecomposed of a skin and a lining, the SAMUEL D. CASTLE. free edges ofwhich are extended beyond the Witnesses: edges of the skin, and a.bordering-strip in- WM. H. HAYEs,

serted between the skin and the extended AMos FULLER.

